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Carlos Delgado will officially announce his retirement from baseball on Wednesday.

Not much of a surprise. Delgado underwent the third hip surgery of his career in September and drew very little interest from major league clubs throughout the winter. He will finish up with a .280/.383/.546 career batting line, 2,038 hits and 473 career home runs. Tue, Apr 12, 2011 03:43:00 PM

According to MLB Trade Rumors, Carlos Delgado (hip) hasn't given his agent the go-ahead to solicit offers from MLB clubs.

"He's working out to get himself in physical shape to play," Delgado's agent David Sloane told MLB Trade Rumors. This isn't much different than was reported by MLB.com over the weekend. Delgado, who is coming off his third hip surgery last September, simply wants to be close to 100 percent before he attempts another comeback. We have our doubts. Tue, Feb 8, 2011 05:45:00 PM

Free agent Carlos Delgado has resumed swinging as he attempts a comeback from hip surgery.

"The rehab is coming along, and I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing," he said. "I would say within the next couple of weeks I will have a better idea of when I'm going to be ready because we are going to start sprinting a little bit and I'm going to take batting practice a little bit more often. Right now, it's every other day or every two days just because you just go gradually into it." Delgado said he wants to be closer to 100 percent before he starts contacting clubs in an attempt to land a contract. Sun, Feb 6, 2011 06:33:00 PM

Carlos Delgado (hip) has yet to resume hitting, but won't rule out a return to baseball.

While he hopes to get healthy enough to earn an invitation to spring training, the cards are stacked against him. It's been 17 months since his last major league at-bat and he no longer has the ability to play the field. Delgado underwent the third hip surgery of his career in September, an operation that would force most players to reconsider their career path. At 38-years old, Delgado needs to hang up the cleats for good. Fri, Jan 7, 2011 07:38:00 PM

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Mike Napoli (bimaxillary advancement) will hit in the batting cages on Friday.

Napoli underwent a bimaxillary advancement procedure over the offseason to address his sleep apnea and is finally ready to ramp up his hitting. The first baseman expects to be ready to go for Opening Day and should see his counting numbers return to their normal level after an injury-plagued 2014.